[3.2] Icy "The Cat" Shieldmaiden (Spectral Shield Throw, 90% Ele, Deadeye, Aspect of the Cat)

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Casia escreveu:

yeah. shield throw initial throw can not pierce. So, PP only activates on the aoe proj nova, giving tremendous pack clear, without chain or fork even. If you take PP, you may not even need Fork. Its a great ease of use tool for SST before links, or mapping. order should be Gathergind wing for movespeed, PP for peirce/crit, Rupture in a crit build/farshot in EO, then fast and deadly for hit chance and raw damage in high teir maps.
helps immensely vs those allies are immune..

point blank. I highly recommend it. SST is a namelock skill. if you are trying to snipe with it, you will miss often. you cant just throw it at an area like a tornado shot, and expect it to work. face tanking is far and away the most effective. the speed from an anc protector is super ideal as well, further emphasizing the use of point blank.
boss vs trash. Faster projectiles does effectively counteract with Point blank. the further then go, the less damage they do. however, the targets of this travel are always trash packs. There is a rarely a scenario where you should care. the PRIME dps is whatever you are targeting.
Far shot vs PB. afaik, no one has actually confirmed they operate in a 1:1 for distance.
Farshot is 0-30% more. Pointblank is 50% more to 50% LESS. 0-10range you deal 50% more. at full range, you deal 35% less, or 65% of damage. (more and less modifiers multiply into each other, not add. so its not 50%-30%=20%. its 100%damage x1.30 for 130% damage farshot x.5 for 65% damage with farshot and PB.)
Notice PoB doesnt calculate farshot. no one is entirely sure on distance math... is there a point where PB AND farshot are both increasing damage, for a sweetspot? no one knows. PB is 50% more from 0-10. does FS kick in before that? 10-35 PB drops from 50% more-0. FS should absolutely be working at that point. but how much? is there a point, where you can get more then 50% more?
If so, exactly at 10 range, or between 10-15range is likely.



I went EO because I thought it would be easier/cheaper for a SSF build. higher life, regen, resists.

All my math does suggest crit in the shadow passive area is more potential dps however.

PS. Arrow dancing is really, really good. Far better then acrobatics. any time you are near it. you should probably grab it.
Take your PoB. 74% evade chance. with arrow dancing. 59% vs melee, 95% vs projectiles.

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Casia escreveu:

A thing to consider, melee attackers who are not bosses, will be frozen or die almost instantly to the aoe nova. While ranged attackers will live longer to get hits in on you. individually not instakills, but poke, poke poke. potential for stun, shock, or block recovery.
slow big hits from bosses are much easier to manually avoid.
and, Stibnite. melee blind.

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Casia escreveu:

I think the Op said the liked Whirling blades.

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cryyyy escreveu:

What's best way to start our tree out? I've seen a few builds just plan like a 1-27 or 30 layout.